Stop extremist hunters from killing gray wolves!

During the height of breeding season, Wisconsin held its first wolf hunt in years. The state issued 2,400 hunting tags -- nearly double the number of wolves surviving in the state. Within hours hunters blew past the allotted quota and killed breeding females and adult males. Nearly 100 packs lost their ability to have pups this year.

Wolves are already vulnerable. The Department of Interior needs to act before it’s too late.

DOI

Department of the Interior

Dear Deb Haaland,

The Trump administration stripped Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections from gray wolves across the entire lower 48 states on January 4, 2021. It has led to states like Montana, Idaho, and Wisconsin expanding wolf trophy hunting and trapping which has decimated this still unrecovered species.

In delisting wolves, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is ignoring science showing that gray wolves are not recovered. Wolves only occupy a small portion of available, suitable habitat in Oregon and Washington, and remain absent across vast swaths of their historical habitat nationwide.

In Montana, 90% of the gray wolf population is at risk due to the state's relaxed hunting laws. In Wisconsin, a spring hunt led to hunters killing double the allowable quota. To begin to make up for lost ground I ask you to commit to restoring protections for gray wolves throughout the United States.

The restoration of gray wolves could be a heroic success story, but it will be cut tragically short if wolves do not receive protection under the ESA now. We can't let fragile wolf-recovery efforts be stalled and allow states, hunters, and trappers to push the species back to the brink of extinction.

Please ensure gray wolves have a future by taking immediate action to halt the impending slaughter and begin the process of restoring ESA protections for gray wolves.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,
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